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¡Un día maravilloso! - A wonderful day!
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Remember:
PARECER = To look/seem
PARECERSE = To resemble/look like
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Parece verano = Looks/seems like summer.
Ella se parece a su mamá - she looks like her mom.
Hasta pronto,
Debbie
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Alcanzar on its own means to reach, but used before an infinitive changes to “to manage to”
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No ALCANZO - I can’t reach.
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ALCANCÉ a fotografiar los dos edificios - I managed to photograph both buildings.
Hasta pronto,
Debbie
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Yes, both are correct, they just mean different things.
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Escribí la MINUTA de la reunión en un MINUTO - I wrote the minutes of the meeting in a minute.
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Debbie
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¿Cuál escogerías? Which one would you choose?
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ESCOGER - To choose
OPCIÓN - Choice
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You may find other translations for to choose like ELEGIR and ELECCIÓN for choice.
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Yo, unos días escojo a uno y otros días escojo al otro depende si quiero música o si prefiero reírme. - Me, some days I choose one and other days the other, it depends if I want music or if I rather laugh.
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¿Y tú? And you?
Hasta pronto,
Debbie
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¿Te gustan las películas? - Do you like movies?
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¡Toronto es el mejor lugar para estar durante estos diez días!
Toronto is the best place to be these ten days!
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¿Tienes una película favorita? Do you have a favourite movie?
Hasta pronto,
Debbie
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Mi nueva adición - My new addition.
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ALGO translates most of the time as SOMETHING however as you see in this instance it translates as ANYTHING/SOMETHING for the question.
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NADA becomes anything for the answer… confused enough? :) Let me show you:
¿Coleccionas ALGO? No, no colecciono NADA? - Do you collect ANYTHING? No, I don’t collect ANYTHING.
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Have you come across this before?
Hasta pronto,
Debbie
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¡Qué bella ciudad es Ottawa! ¿Has estado?
What a beautiful city is Ottawa! Have you been?
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¿Has estado en Canadá? Have you been in Canada?
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Debbie
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Me encantan los girasoles pero cuando los veo no puedo evitar pensar que el verano ya va a terminar… I love sunflowers but when I see them I can’t help but think that summer is coming to an end.
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¿Qué te hace tener sentimientos encontrados? What makes you have mixed feelings?
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Debbie
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¿Y por qué no? - And why not?
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Acabo de regresar de Montreal y amé su amor por los balcones. - I just came back from Montreal and I just loved their love for balconies.❤️
Hasta pronto,
Debbie
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Sprinklers in a room
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Siempre me pregunto a quien se le pudo ocurrir para que sea necesario pedir que por favor no lo hagan…I always wonder who could’ve thought of such a thing that it becomes necessary to ask not to do it…
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Debbie
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Decidió que mi jardín era el mejor lugar para descansar…
He (or she, not sure) decided that my backyard was the place to rest.
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Me ha mantenido acompañada. Has kept me company.
Hasta pronto,
Debbie
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Claro que la compré - of course I bought it
Completa falta de autocontrol - complete lack of “shelf-control”
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Mis libros necesitan un lugar donde viajar… My books need a place to travel…
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¿Te ha pasado que no puedes evitar comprar algo? - Has it happened to you that you can’t help yourself and you buy something?
Hasta pronto,
Debbie
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El próximo mes mi nido estará vacío… - Next month my nest will be empty…
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Nuevas etapas de la vida… Las posibilidades :) - New stages in life… The possibilities.
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Has pasado por eso? - Have you been through that?
Hasta pronto,
Debbie
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Maybe para ti es café, té, una clase de ejercicio…
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Espero que hagas lo que te hace feliz - I hope you do what makes you happy.
Hasta pronto,
Debbie
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